Diane Abbott

[sigh]
All she had to say was that the last time she heard before she came on air .....
not pluck a number out of nowhere.

Some people have dyscalculia
It doesn't mean they are not clever in other areas.

Trisher she messed up! Why didn't she say that the last time she looked it was 100? Why set yourself up for a fall? I have to say even without gaffes, the last few times I've seen her speak (only over the past 3 weeks or so) she seemed to be struggling a bit.

If she'd said 100 and there had been some gains how quick would the media have been to say "DA expects Labour losses"?

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Yes norose and also Human ( rag & bone man) haha!

Surely, though, the answer should have been she thinks they are about 100 if 100 was the number the last time she looked?



The trouble with a lot of people is they believe the hype they are fed and don't listen for themselves
Do you mean Diane Abbott when you say that trisher?

I felt a bit sorry for her, but then my favourite song at the moment is ' Don't put the blame on me ' by rag & bone man

Have you actually watched the interview? She is asked if she knows the net losses, she answers she THINKS they are about 50 at the time of the interview. She obviously expected there to be other gains. Just because the interviewer already knew the answer to the question isn't a reason to doubt what she THINKS. She then says he last time she looked it was about 100. So it isn't true that she didn't KNOW she never said she KNEW.
If a manager is asked what the net profits or losses will be in any business without seeing the final figures most tend to err on the optimistic side.
The trouble with a lot of people is they believe the hype they are fed and don't listen for themselves.

Yes I think that's him, I am ashamed to say I cant take in what he is actually saying , because I am trying to breathe & speak for him!

As far as I know Theresa May has never used her diabetic status to excuse herself from any political duties - so until that happens it's irrelevant.

I think he drawls because he had a stammer which he has overcome. As did Ed Balls I believe.

I know how awful migraines can be but usually a sufferer will have a warning and can take appropriate medication - especially if an extremely important vote was on the agenda.
After all, other MPs managed to get there despite their incapacity.

Robert Peston?

Mawbroon, yes I did feel all those emotions you mentioned, I did wonder if she was feeling ill.I find her difficult to follow in general , a bit like the presenter who drawls out his words very slowly, I can't remember his name at the moment.

I am prepared to give people who say they have a migraine the benefit of the doubt.
Some people on here are often much more garbled than Abbott ever is. I wonder if they suffer from migraines.
I do not know that, either.

Perhaps all those who would like to be MPs should give their full medical history to the voters, just in case.

I only have Theresa May's word for it that she is type 1 diabetic. I haven't seen her medical records.

Suffering from fear of visable committment to something she didn't want while not wanting to upset her leader. So you play the sick card.

Oh dear, so the poor woman's a victim now! Perhaps she should retire on health grounds then.

durhamjen you have no idea whether DA suffers from migraines regularly, have you? So your concern may well be misplaced in this instance.

No one's saying that migraines are not incapacitating when they are genuine.

She might even have been pre or post migraine. I find myself very muddle headed at these times. I can be thinking one word and another will come out. I even slur my words at times. I am not a particular Diane Abbott fan but can sympathise with her if her gaffes were because of migraines,

There is a condition called dyscalculia, which is a kind of numerical dyslexia. Maybe DA suffers from that.
or maybe she's just confused!

Sorry, but migraines are anything but convenient.

Yes. But a most convenient incapacity in this case.

Is she! Must admit I hadn't checked her age. Therefore she has no excuse except she is past it and should retire; as should her ex-boyfriend.

Having employed someone who suffered from migraines, I would never doubt anyone's word on that.

Blimey, she's 63 - quite late to be menopausal, surely?

I reckon she is menopausal. Memory loss, getting flustered and bad heads are par for the course. She is probably sweating (aren't all Labour politicians at the moment).